A line-item veto would reduce the incentive for Congress to spend wastefully because when lawmakers know their pet projects will be held up to public scrutiny, they will be less likely to suggest them in the first place.

And I don't think there's a military family out there that will look you in the eye and say, 'I want money to continue to be wastefully spent and crookedly paid to the defense industry so that I can keep my livelihood.

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